Racism

What a great week!

Monday and Tuesday were our usual mentor meetings and tutoring time.  

Wednesday we reviewed stereotypes by playing Kahoot!  The kids LOVED it and sure proved they learned a lot.  Winning teams earning food...go figure.  Haha.  The end of the game lead into a brief discussion about racism to aid in our conversation on Thursday.

We did a Circle Talk on Thursday to discuss racial identity, culture, and racism in their lives.  Each period lead to extremely different conversations and outcomes, but it's evident that racism is real for my kids and affects them in many different ways.  I truly enjoyed these intimate conversations with my kids and loved that many of them were willing to share about this tough topic.  After each talk, I allowed the class to decide our next steps; let's either continue this conversation and dive into this topic further or move on to Unit 2, Relationships.  Stay tuned next week for what each class decided!  

For Fun Friday we played 'Name 4' where a topic is given and one kid has to 'Name 4' of this topic while a ball is passed around the circle.  If they succeed in naming 4 before the ball gets back to them, the play goes to the next player.  If the ball gets to them before they can name 4, they have to go again!  The kids really loved this game.  We also played Name 'Em A-Z where in mentor/mentee teams the kids had to give A-Z answers to certain categories like Brand Names and Music Artists.  Teams won hot chips and man, was this a motivator!  

What a great week with my kids.  Just a few more days until Thanksgiving Break which I know we're all looking forward to!  Stay warm today!